Bill Plympton Quotes
I'm very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features.
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I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.
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The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
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Right, different generations come along, and discover the music, I think.
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In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.
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'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
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You'd always see a lady or a little girl sitting at a piano. I decided I wanted to play something more unexpected, so that's when I got interested in learning to play the guitar.
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I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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I had to jump on the tractor and do my chores. I would have just killed to be in town, to be able to Rollerblade hand-in-hand with somebody I had a crush on. I just wanted to get off the farm, to find my outlet.
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I always had confidence in my game.
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I have years of saying ideas that are not listened to. Then, weeks after, of producers finding out that I was right when some other guy comes in and says it. Sometimes I just tell my idea to my editor or to some other guy with maybe gray hair to share it, and then it's brilliant!
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I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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I don't think anybody wants to see a dour 'Star Trek' movie.
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The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.
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I always try to have my supernatural or fantasy elements feel grounded in reality so they're easier for the reader to accept and digest.
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I've always taken pride to be the white guy that can talk to the black people, that can refer to them truly as a brother from a different mother.
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The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic.
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I would say it's not as hard as writing, because when you're a writer, you walk right into the pit all by yourself, but when you're a director, there are at least 80 people who scream, 'Don't do that!' when you make a mistake.
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I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.
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I'm very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features.
